MR BFG
Active Member
Hi all,
Land Rover 90 2.5 petrol 1986
After my 90 broke down Wednesday night with no means of starting I had to call the AA out and tow me home. AA man reckoned the issue was a kn*ckered distributor. So I bought a new one yesterday, at first I was getting a nice spark at the points but nothing at the plugs, So I tested the leads resistance and some were quite high (14,000 ohms) so I bought a new set today and some replacement plugs. So I've been tinkering since about 3 o'clock and the spark at the plugs considering there new and with new low resistance leads still isn't great. Thought I'd check the coil and there is barely any resistance between the primary windings (0.4 ohms) and similar result between the secondary.
Also my positive coil wire was connected to the negative terminal and on the coil and negative to positive? I can't see this being correct. Negative earth?
Short answer
Does it sound like the coil is fubar?
And has it been connected wrong all along?
Any other suggestions as to why it won't start?
Rebuilt the Carb last week all new seals, gaskets etc. Also replaced the condenser and it was running fine until it all got foggy on Wednesday.
Cheers,
Lloyd
Land Rover 90 2.5 petrol 1986
After my 90 broke down Wednesday night with no means of starting I had to call the AA out and tow me home. AA man reckoned the issue was a kn*ckered distributor. So I bought a new one yesterday, at first I was getting a nice spark at the points but nothing at the plugs, So I tested the leads resistance and some were quite high (14,000 ohms) so I bought a new set today and some replacement plugs. So I've been tinkering since about 3 o'clock and the spark at the plugs considering there new and with new low resistance leads still isn't great. Thought I'd check the coil and there is barely any resistance between the primary windings (0.4 ohms) and similar result between the secondary.
Also my positive coil wire was connected to the negative terminal and on the coil and negative to positive? I can't see this being correct. Negative earth?
Short answer
Does it sound like the coil is fubar?
And has it been connected wrong all along?
Any other suggestions as to why it won't start?
Rebuilt the Carb last week all new seals, gaskets etc. Also replaced the condenser and it was running fine until it all got foggy on Wednesday.
Cheers,
Lloyd